Notes

Children:
i. Thomson Mason Hirst born 6 February 1800. Thomson died 23
January 1882 at 81 years of age. He married twice. He married
Catherine Withers Payne 1825 and Lavinia Eliza (Payne) McKennie
14 October 1874.
ii. John Thomson Hirst born 26 July 1803.
iii. Albert Stevens Hirst born 6 April 1806.
iv. Mary Elizabeth Hirst born 5 September 1809.
v. Thomas Alpheus Hirst born 27 May 1812.
vi. Augustine Smith Hirst born 13 September 1814. Augustine died
1819.
vii. Rebecca Ann Hirst born 29 August 1819. She married twice.
She married Laven H. Smoot 1 October 1833. Laven born 8 April
1811 died 8 September 1862 at 51 years of age. She married
Benjamin F. Craig 15 November 1862.

"William Payne was about 5'5" tall and quite slender. William
Payne's will is dated 27 May 1782."

"Several weeks after Braddock's defeat, in Alexandria at
election time, when a cocky politician named William Payne came
striding down the street carrying a hickory stick. Payne was
running against a neighbor of Washington's for the House of
Burgesses and, as he passed, George made a sarcastic remark.
Payne returned the compliment and Washington, his temper
flaring, called him a nasty name. Whereupon Payne, whose head
did not reach Washington's shoulder, struck him with the hickory
stick and knocked him flat on his back in the dusty street."
The following day, Washington asked Payne to join him at a
nearby tavern. Payne feared another confrontation, but
Washington apologized. The gesture transformed Payne from an
enemy to a passionate supporter for the rest of his life."